TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207247 [ 2024TNSTR.990....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-09 12:55:03
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

F. Stoppa, H. Tranin, D. Pieterse, G. Ramsay, S. Faris, P. Groot, P. Vreeswijk, on behalf of the BlackGEM consortium report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024gcv
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J095244.99-104514.8
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:52:44.992 (148.187467) DEC = -10:45:14.81 (-10.754114)
Discovery date: 2024-04-09 02:04:16.000 (JD=2460409.5862963)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-09 02:04:16.000
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: BG-i-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam2
Telescope: BlackGEM- 2

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-01-28 00:57:12
Limiting flux: 20.99 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: MeerLICHT-Cam
Telescope: MeerLICHT-1


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024gcv